diff --git a/_config.yml b/_config.yml
index 0f8260e99..ca2354d0f 100644
--- a/_config.yml
+++ b/_config.yml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ url:          "https://www.kimai.org"
 bing-id:      "874E17F27A8EABE9DDAED762FC498BC4"
 
 kimai_customers: "2.1K"
-kimai_v2_version: "2.7.0"
+kimai_v2_version: "2.8.0"
 kimai_v2_website: https://github.com/kimai/www.kimai.org
 kimai_v2_repo: https://github.com/kimai/kimai
 kimai_v2_forum: https://github.com/kimai/kimai/discussions